Every year, Christianity Today recaps the previous 12 months through selected articles in a number of categories. Most often they are not necessary a collection of ‘most read.’ Rather, editors try to find the stories that were most reflective of the past year, most impactful in terms of reporting, or most representative of diverse sections of the world.
Here are the relevant sections for my reporting:
Ranked #10, the description of the Israel-Hamas War includes several of my articles:
The war in Gaza stretched into a second year, and evangelicals in the region struggled to be peacemakers amid the devastation. Many Israelis and Palestinians didn’t want to hear messages of peace, and those who preached peace couldn’t agree on what peace should mean in Israel. But Bible scholars worked to model good conversations. And Christians worked to find ways to love their neighbors—displaced Palestinians, displaced Israelis, and people on the border of Israel and Lebanon.
Four of my articles were included in this global church overview. Eliminating overlap with the above, it featured how evangelicals are leading special-needs education in Jordan, alongside how porridge unites Muslims and Christians in Senegal.
Europe is not my primary continent. But two articles here highlighted how satellite imagery reveals destruction of Armenian Christian heritage in the Caucasus, while Orthodox believers are divided in their critique about how Russia and Ukraine restrict their churches.
Finally, my greater Middle East beat was included with Africa this year. Click on the image to recall several of my contributions, including Bible translation in Iran, starvation in Sudan, and how the region’s favorite Arabic Christmas carol is paradoxically about war and hate.
Thank you for reading. May our world feature fewer tragedies in 2025.
Jayson Casper 